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Service bulletin PI-0161A

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10037309
Published by NHTSA2011-05-18
Manufacturer's numberPI-0161A
Manufacturer's date2010-11-01
NHTSA componentPARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL:MECHANICAL:LINKAGE AND CABLE

NHTSA's summary

GM: THERE MAY BE A RUBBING/GRINDING NOISE WHEN MAKING FULL LEFT TURNS. IT IS MOST NOTICEABLE WHEN DRIVING UP AN INCLINE. *RM

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Brakes, Parking brake

Vehicles listed
CADILLAC ESCALADE2010, 2011
CADILLAC ESCALADE ESV2010, 2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CADILLAC ESCALADE EXT2010, 2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET AVALANCHE2010
CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 15002010, 2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SILVERADO
CHEVROLET SILVERADO2010
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 15002010, 2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 25002010, 2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 35002010, 2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 15002010, 2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 25002010, 2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET TAHOE2010, 2011
GMC SIERRA2010, 2011
GMC SIERRA 25002011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC SIERRA 35002011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC YUKON2010, 2011
GMC YUKON DENALI2010, 2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC YUKON DENALI XL2010, 2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC YUKON XL 25002010, 2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

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